Bleed Green News, Track, Snow...

Alex's one fun class is Video Productions. Here's a recent broadcast he was in. If you know who J.P. Sears is, I told Alex he reminds me of J.P. Alex said he was told that by someone else, too.



Danny is on the track team but his paperwork hadn't gone through soon enough for him to participate in the first meet, which was here. Parents had to volunteer to help, so even though Danny wasn't running or jumping, I "got to" help (Glen was administering  the SAT test that day).

I helped with the timing (which is what I did last year when Alex was on the team). It's an easy enough job, only I was freezing. See me in the background of this photo--I'm in the white coat. I look cold, don't I? There's a home track meet on the 24th, but the weather is supposed to be nicer that day. Here's to hoping weather.com is correct.

Sam (Hoonsiri) is on the swim team and recently had his first meet. It was an away meet, so we didn't get to see (well, all the meets for swimming are away). I asked how it went and Sam replied something that made me think he didn't do too well. Then I saw the article from the newspaper showing that Sam did quite well. Congrats Sam!
https://www.nevadaappeal.com/sports/greenwave-swim-teams-ready-to-make-big-splash/


Sanches and Trotter finished first and second in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:40.29 and 2:54.53, and Alanis, Bivens and Hoonsiri swept the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:18.75, 2:52.72 and 3:01.77...

In the 100-yard butterfly... For the boys, Bivens took second in 1:11.17, Hoonsiri was third in 1:16.82 and McAlexander finished fifth in 1:24.13...

In the 500-yard freestyle... For the boys, Bivens, Schulenberg, Alanis and Nemeth won the event in 1:49.97, and the team of Hoonsiri, McAlexander, Grimes and Seline took third in 2:12.01...

In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Fallon swept both the boys and girls with Bernard, Diede, Turnham and Wassmuth finishing the race in 6:16.08, and Bivens, Hoonsiri, McAlexander and Schulenberg finished in 5:15.66.

Last Friday, the 16th, Washoe County schools and Carson City schools canceled classes due to a snow storm from the previous night and that morning. Notice the difference in the amount of snow in Fallon vs. Carson, which is only about 60 miles away from us. Needless to say, we still had school (we did wind up with a heavy dusting, though).

Fallon March 16th

Carson March 16th

March Madness

Glen and I didn't get brackets in this year :( but Alex and Hannah did. Alex was #1 in the family from Thursday until this afternoon having predicted one upset (though not the record breaking #16 seed beating #1 seed Virginia...and Alex had had Virginia going all the way to win the tournament, so he's most likely out of the running). Anyway, there have been some great nail-biting games so far, including UNR's games. Too much fun. Just wish I had a bracket to cheer for. I guess I'll cheer for a bunch of upsets.

So, Ryan and Angeles have set the date and they are getting married on Thursday May 17th in the San Diego Temple with a reception there that night. We will have an Open House here in Fallon a week later.

And Joy's baby blessing is now set for Sunday April 8th in Provo at 10 am.

And Eric might be graduating from BYU-I on Friday April 13th.

And I'm overwhelmed just thinking of it all.    One...day...at...a...time...

Ryan and Angeles are engaged! Meeting Joy! Alex's math competition and Smash Brothers win

Ryan and Angeles are now engaged :) and we are looking at probably a wedding in May and in San Diego. No photos to share. :(  But congratulations to them both! We had a wonderful visit with her here at Thanksgiving. We are very excited to have Angeles join our family!

Last week I was able to travel to Provo and finally meet Joy. She is 3 months old now and it's the perfect age for a visit. Henry will be 3 in less than 2 months. I spent the time coloring with and reading (the same books over and over, of course) to Henry, snuggling with Joy, and watching the Olympics and playing games with Andrew, Heather, and Becky. Wish they lived closer. Glad they don't live farther.

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I think I love playing with this pillow more than Henry does

One fun thing that happened at BYU while I was there. Andrew took me up on campus to the bookstore on Friday...after it had been snowing all morning...and it just so happened that we had missed a lecture by Brandon Sanderson, who is one of the boys' favorite authors. The lecture was over, but he was still signing books, so Andrew called Alex to see which one he wanted me to get signed for him (sorry Eric, I didn't get one for you).

Alex chose Mistborn (which he already owns but it's his favorite). From Andrew's blog:

This is the first time in my life I've ever spoken with him. I've emailed and he emailed back, and I've sat in the back of one of his writing classes and, obviously, LTUE panels, but this was the first time I've ever spoken to him. Anyway, I asked him about the fact that traveling faster than light is equivalent to going backwards in time, and he acknowledged that (which is good, I was hoping he knew that) and said this was something he thought about a lot, and basically in the Cosmere he kind of (he used the word "fudges") the laws a bit using magic to prevent causality from being effected. So now we know: there is faster than light travel in the Cosmere, but some sort of magic prevents causality from becoming effected by it. Somebody should put that on the forums.

At the beginning of February, Alex participated in the Northern Nevada Math Council's Secondary Math Contest (the same math competition he did this time last year). His team (cousin Thomas, John Solomon, and Alex) took second place in the Comprehensive category (Calculus/Pre Calc) earning him a $15 gift certificate. Ben's Algebra I/Geometry team took 1st place. The third CCHS team placed second in the Algebra II category.

While I was in Utah, Alex, Thomas, and Ben participated in a Smash Brothers tournament. Alex came in 1st, Thomas was 3rd, and Ben was 4th out of 12 participants. They are looking forward to the next competition with practices starting today. Congratulations boys, and good luck in the next tourney.

Also while I was in Utah, Danny, one of our foreign exchange students celebrated his 16th birthday. I know there is a picture of him with his cake somewhere...I just can't find it. I will post it when someone shows me where it is hiding. Happy Birthday Danny!